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Riverside Drivers: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 3:08pm.
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Circa 1908. "Riverside Drive, New York." Tourists in an electric charabanc or "automobile bus." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
Had a nice virtual drive..
Submitted by karinagw on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 3:53pm.
...up Riverside Drive since I know this wall type is only a long a few stretches.
This is the intersection of West 95th and Riverside Drive. The corner building and the one behind it and to the right are the two buildings with the awnings in the original image:
(Google maps link: http://goo.gl/maps/Kdb1B)
Before there was Riverside Drive
Submitted by wmhayden12 on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 10:06am.
My Great-great-grandparents, William and Julia O'Connell owned a farm on the upper west side of Manhattan from the 1870's to about 1900. Family lore has it that the City bought the farm (through imminent domain) for the purpose of building Riverside Drive. Perhaps this was the location of the O'Connell farm? They moved to a brownstone on West 151st Street in Harlem.
Electric Sightseeing.
Submitted by roverdriver on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 5:11am.
Three more of these electric charabancs have appeared in Shorpy. two here- http://www.shorpy.com/node/8314 and one here- http://www.shorpy.com/node/7251
Free "ticket to ride"
Submitted by gen81465 on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 4:21am.
Is it just me, or are there a couple small kids riding up on the roof of the bus? Also, does anyone think it unusual that the sidewalks are paved, but the road isn't?
[Wheeled vehicles and horses could negotiate unpaved thoroughfares easily; people on foot couldn't. - tterrace]
Rolling Sing-A-Long
Submitted by gen81465 on Sat, 04/14/2012 - 4:18am.
Why do I get the feeling the conductor standing up is leading a rousing chorus of "the wheels on the bus go round and round"?
Sardines
Submitted by pattyanne on Fri, 04/13/2012 - 12:12am.
Sure hope they had deodorant back then! Nevertheless, it looks like fun.
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Submitted by Vintagetvs on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:36pm.
Are you sure this isn't in Oklahoma?
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